PANIPANAMA is an independent art space in Leipzig and a series of cutting edge performances, concerts, exhibitions, meetings, actions, open studios, presentations and
such. It is also a platform for the promotion of Polish independent culture. PANIPANAMA is run by artist Kata Adamek and cultural geographer Bernd Adamek-Schyma.

in April 2010 The mainstream art magazine "ART" selected PANIPANAMA as the "Off-Space of the Week" and claimed us to be "Training Ground for Subculture"... Well... thanks, but what exactly is "Subculture"?

PANIPANAMA is a founding member of "lindenow", the network of independent art spaces in Leipzig Lindenau

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Why
PANIPANAMA?

Comingfrom "(Kolekcja)Polska"and "parismoskau"we like the simple
geographic-analogic qualities of PANIPANAMA: as a reminder of Panama, of
course, first as a natural land bridge for all the great mix-max and move
of peoples and goods, of animals, lamas, jaguars, sloths, snow owls, skunks,
and all other kinds of other beautiful creatures moving from south to north and north to south. Then of
course artifice, the modern artificial techno canal, deep cutting the land, connecting east-west waters, oceans,
people, enabling faster communication giving the illusion of having left behind
limiting grounds or nations.

We would like to open the gates to a new canal for
art and music, with PANIPANAMA we wanted to lift off from and touch down at all kinds of grounds, to
invite to swim and play in warm, sweet, salty, calm, stormy waters, to move on, southeastnorthwest. And of course we like the idea of taking the word
apart and having all wonderful kinds of meaning in Polish: from PAN I PANAMA to
PAN I PANA MA. Yours faithfully, PANI PANAMA and PAN IPANAMA.